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I agree very much with the original poster of this thread. Halo CEA is/was a rip off and i waste of good $40. I could have spent it on the new Mass Effect 3 that will be coming out early next year. Or i could have spent it on Halo 4...that is if IT even will be any good. I am going to give a great examples showing that Halo CEA was a poor choice of a game and a waste of my time.

1st: 343 Studios originally announced Halo CEA back in early June of this year, stating that it would be released sometime in early November (later on confirmed to be released on November 15). We (as in all of us) should have backed up and took a better look at the games picture. We should have said "Wow...HOLD ON! This is a remake of one of the biggest First Person Shooters that has ever hit a gaming console and it will be released in almost half of a year as a remake. Something does not seem right here. That is a near impossible feat to achieve. Something is wrong with this picture.

2nd: I have noticed SO many things wrong with this game it is not even funny. But here are just a few of them. I have noticed that when using that Sniper Rifle and you are crouching behind a hill waiting to kill that curtain Grunt or Elite and you reticule turns red (meaning you have a clear shot at that enemy) you decide to take the shot.....but it somehow COMPLETELY misses and his the hill in front of you instead of the enemy. WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?! I have had this happen to me more then just one or twice. It has probably happened to me more then ten times by now. Apparently 343 Studios really messed up on the levels BSP geometry physics and made it seem like you have (or had) and good clean shot but in fact you will completely hit the hill and not the enemy.
Another thing......THE VEHICLES ARE SO MESSED UP! I mean the Warthog skids everywhere you drive it and has horrible breaks. The Banshee's rate of fire has been reduces by a ridiculous amount. And do NOT even get me started about the Ghost...which is now a pointless vehicle to even have in the game.

OH!...And one more thing...the AI are freaking annoying and way over powered in the Legendary difficulty. Ok, Halo Reach's AI were a challenge and hard to beat sometimes. But the new AI in Halo CEA are sometimes just down right impossible to beat and get passed. I spent a good hour (or two) just trying to get the last Banshee on the level Two Betrayals near the end of the mission and I had to turn the game off because of how ridiculously impossible it was trying to kill off the two wraiths, several invisible Elites and normal Elites, the 7-8 Grunts and all the other enemies (which included Hunters and Jackals). OH! and did i mention the couple of Flood which included 2-3 three of them had ROCKET LAUNCHERS. The game (at times) can be the utmost outrageous game ever. This game was meant more to be played as a Cooperative game and NOT single player.

These are so many things that i could talk about why this game puts shame to the Halo series and its name. 343 Studios...Thanks for really screwing up a good game and making it just down right crappy.
Edited by videoman on Nov 27, 2011 at 08:39 PM

Quote: --- Original message by: Ring127

Make it stop! Please God, MAKE IT STOP! I can't believe I'm even of the same species as you. Your opinions are so skewed that it hurts to read them.

In response to your first post:
1) You do realize games are in production for a while before they are announced right. Right?

2) I'm calling your bluff. I've never had that happen to me. I have the achievement for going through the first encounter on Truth and Reconciliation with out being seen. As far as the Warthog goes, its exactly the same as 10 years ago. Press the back button and see for yourself. Same with the banshee and ghost. The firing rate looks altered, because your used to the new games where the guns alternate fire, where as in CE, both fired at once, leaving more of a delay.

3) Again, same AI as 10 years ago. Shouldn't this be a good thing, that AI from 10 years ago is still a difficult foe? I swear, you shouldn't be on the internet.

Your post(s) about the soundtrack:
I... You... Uhm... What?
I swear, that rant about George Lucas doing the soundtracks made me want to punch my screen. That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, and that's saying a lot.

Of course Marty isn't doing the Score's from now on, he works with Bungie. However, that doesn't mean they will be any worse. I can name a few games that have an amazing score, yet aren't composed by Marty.
Portal 2
Gears of War
Mass Effect
MW2(Game sucked, but Hanz Zimmer is a god)
Metal Gear Solid(Which by the way, is the composer for Halo 4.)
etc.

I fail to see the problem with the Soundtrack. It's a different orchestra playing the same songs from 10 years ago. Songs that were originally synthesized(as in, HCE didn't have a live orchestra to preform them.)

I still can't believe I'm of the same species as you. Surely no one can be this dumb. You MUST be trolling. It's the only logical answer for how stupid your being.

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[ON-TOPIC]
I honestly love the game. Aside from some laziness when porting the models (Such as keys in his captains suit during 343, or the Scorpion having a hole where the turret used to be). I have no complaints. As Masters said, the game does show its age, but can you criticize something accomplishing what it set out to do? That would be like criticizing someone for wanting to make green, so they mix blue and yellow paint.

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But the green the person could make could be a perfect green, or a green that's too into the yellow side or a green that's too into the blue side. When they could have fixed those little errors, they instead chose to just leave it be. I think that's the point that the OP is making.

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What... I mean seriously... Halo has extremely good physics for its time, even though they aren't very good by todays standards, I still fail to see how in the hell more recent Halo games made the physics "retard friendly". I am now thoroughly convinced that you are pulling random things out of your ass.

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I agree with subtank, the cutscenes are a bit..horrible. However, its a young company, and this is its first game produced. I have high hopes for 343, and I leave you in peace to debate this out.

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OH!...And one more thing...the AI are freaking annoying and way over powered in the Legendary difficulty. Ok, Halo Reach's AI were a challenge and hard to beat sometimes. But the new AI in Halo CEA are sometimes just down right impossible to beat and get passed. I spent a good hour (or two) just trying to get the last Banshee on the level Two Betrayals near the end of the mission and I had to turn the game off because of how ridiculously impossible it was trying to kill off the two wraiths, several invisible Elites and normal Elites, the 7-8 Grunts and all the other enemies (which included Hunters and Jackals). OH! and did i mention the couple of Flood which included 2-3 three of them had ROCKET LAUNCHERS. The game (at times) can be the utmost outrageous game ever. This game was meant more to be played as a Cooperative game and NOT single player.
Edited by videoman on Nov 27, 2011 at 08:39 PM

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Lol.

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Double Lol that. Apparently he has not played Halo CEA. That right there says something about his lack of intelligence. Hey Jaz...why don't you go play Halo CEA, instead of making statements that are not true. Then you can come back to this forum and try to act smart. I think saying that Halo CEA has no Coop mode is a MAJOR fail right there. Nice try but you lost the game. And, if you don't know what the game is...just Google it.
Edited by videoman on Nov 28, 2011 at 12:55 PM

Quote: --- Original message by: OrangeJuice
They specifically mentioned the glitches that the first Halo game had would also be in Anniversary. That's also why they said that Anniversary would be a "direct" remake.

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I said Halo 1 has no co-op mode, I'm fully aware that CEA has a co-op mode. But, if you note what has already been said in this thread, CEA runs it's gameplay from, hmm, bet you can't guess it... HALO 1. You stated that CEA is made for co-op rather than sp, and yet it has exactly the same gameplay as a game that has NO co-op.

That right there says something about your lack of intelligence.

Hey videoman...why don't you go research Halo CEA, instead of making statements that are not true. Then you can come back to this forum and try to act smart.

:P

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They specifically mentioned they're too lazy to fix glitches that we don't want or need? Noted.

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Uh huh, you really have no argument, you are just part of the whiny hate bandwagon that formed around this game. You really should do us all a favor right now and just stop.

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Hmm...from what you are stating Halo 1 and Halo CEA are different. Ya, that makes complete since (sarcasm intended). I am not sure when you last checked but Halo 1 and Halo CEA are the same. Just Halo CEA has better graphics and other added content. But you are saying the exact opposite. Halo CEA IS basically Halo 1, you might want do double check you information sources. Because from the information you are stating is completely wrong. Halo 1 DOES have Coop, and i know this for a fact because i have the game for Xbox with its original game case. And, to be more exact...it not only has 2 player coop but it can also supports up to 4 players campaign Coop.

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uhhhh halo one had coop..... halo PC doesnt but halo combat evolved definately had it

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>Halo one had coop..... halo PC doesnt but halo combat evolved definately had it
>Halo PC doesn't but halo combat evolved definately had it
>2011

You disappoint me.

Halo 1 XBOX has coop, Halo 1 PC does have it setup for coop but it was never finished and it's all left over code last I was told.

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>Halo one had coop..... halo PC doesnt but halo combat evolved definately had it
>Halo PC doesn't but halo combat evolved definately had it
>2011

You disappoint me.

Halo 1 XBOX has coop, Halo 1 PC does have it setup for coop but it was never finished and it's all left over code last I was told.

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But you're forgetting one thing.

Halo 1 PC Legendary is possible and doesn't support coop.

Halo Anniversary is based off the same AI and difficulty levels as Halo 1 XBOX AND Halo 1 PC. Which means...

HCEA Legendary is possible.

Dun dun dun...

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Why would it be impossible?